Word: tribalized
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...Maori villages were called pa. British settlers readily adopted Maori names for indigenous animals and plants, from kakapo birds to kauri pines. But the use of Maori words has surged in the past 15 years as te reo schools have multiplied and Maori activists gained clout. Terms like kaumatua (tribal elder) and taonga (cultural treasures) have come into play because they express concepts for which there's no English equivalent, says Macalister. But some words have been picked up because they're more economical than English. Ngati, which denotes a tribal group, "gives you a succinct way of expressing...
...fire season of historic magnitude." The Army denied his request, replying that it would instead train and certify other Guard troops "in minimal time" to prepare for potential emergencies. "The Pentagon just dismissed us," Schweitzer told TIME. "I might have better luck visiting the Blackfoot, Crow and other tribal nations here and asking them to do a rain dance...
...Zambar village, says "80 to 100 bombs fell that night." His brother was up on the hill, and Kamil and several other villagers grabbed a few rope cots to use as stretchers for the wounded, but the intensity of the bombing forced them back until daybreak. One of the tribal elders had a walkie-talkie. He managed to call a nearby police station, whose officers contacted the coalition base at Khost, about 60 km away, to say U.S. warplanes were killing innocent tribesmen. Once out of the valley, three squadron found a safe area and made camp. There, says...
...Thracian King's golden armor as "a wonder to behold, such as it is in no wise fit for mortal men to bear, but for the deathless gods." With little else to go on, historians have tended to rely on ancient Greek depictions of the Thracians as a savage, tribal society that had no politics and no alphabet of its own. But after three months of digging, Kitov surfaced with over 130 pieces of magnificent jewelry, weaponry and ritual artifacts that show Thracian culture rivaled that of the Greeks. They prove that the Thracians were "not a society of barbarians...
...ultimate boss? A senior Pakistani intelligence official says the Pakistanis are sharing details of their interrogation with the U.S. A Pakistani official says al-Libbi has already provided information that led to the arrest last week of more than 20 al-Qaeda suspects in Lahore and Bajaur, a mountainous tribal land near the Afghan border. Hours before the Libyan's arrest was made public last Wednesday, two Pakistani journalists received telephone calls from men identifying themselves as al-Qaeda. The callers asked that news of al-Libbi's arrest be broadcast, hoping to dissuade other operatives from trying to contact...